Links

Learn more...

• American Forest Foundation
• Environment Canada
• Forest Stewardship Council^®
• Natural Resources Canada - Forest Service
• Ontario Forestry Association
• Rainforest Alliance ^TM
• Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
• Sustainable Forestry Initiative
• U.S. Forest Service, and especially this section: Find a Forest by State
• World Forestry Center
• World Wildlife Fund

In-Class activities

• Free Lesson Plans by FormSwift
• Jardin botanique de Montreal
• Kites in the classroom – Fun with paper
• PBS Teachers
• Project Learning Tree
• Science Kids

Suggested Readings

• Why Would Anyone Cut a Tree Down? is a 41-page book published by the U.S. Forest Service Northeastern Area State and Private Forestry. It features 28 full-color, hand-painted illustrations. The book is intended primarily for 1st to 3rd graders, as well as parents and educators. Free download or hard copy available for sale.
• Keith Rushforth, Charles Hollis, National Geographic Field Guide to Trees of North America, National Geographic, 2006.
• Kay Barnham, Project Nature, Crabtree Publishing, 2008.